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News for Thursday, April 10, 2008

75-year-old great-grandmother wins online college basketball tourney

Seems like a key to a winning March Madness bracket this year was being a Big East college basketball fan ... and having the wisdom of age on your side too.

43 percent drop in new development fees expected in American Canyon

The sluggish housing market is hitting American Canyon City Hall.

Salvador, West Park receive recognition from state

Salvador and West Park elementary schools were honored Wednesday as 2008 California Distinguished Schools by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell.

Napa priest heads for Rome

Less than a year ago, Father Abel Mena arrived in Napa to take charge of the Spanish ministry at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Mena came to Napa in July and three days later delivered his first sermon.

New trees line Stanly Lane eucalyptus grove

Eucalyptus have dominated the skyline along Stanly Lane for more than a century, but now there’s a new sapling on the block.

Feds bill slaughterhouse $67M for massive beef recall

CHINO, Calif. — The federal government said Thursday it has billed a California slaughterhouse more than $67 million for expenses associated with the largest beef recall in U.S. history. The recall prompted the Napa school district any many others to temporarily stop serving beef to schoolchildren.

Sentencing Friday in injury DUI case

The man who severely injured a Napa woman while in the country illegally and driving without a valid license is slated to be sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to hit and run and a felony DUI.

Not guilty plea from coach accused of sex with underage girls

Herschel Sandler, the former St. Helena High School volleyball and wrestling coach accused of molesting two teenage girls in the 1990s, pleaded not guilty this afternoon to four counts of sexual assault on a minor.

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